if UoT is so big, wouldn't it be hard for the lecturers to control?

I'm a prospective Canadian Uni student. Called CEC a while ago to ask about application help etc etc and the counsellor was abit un-knowledgeable albeit nice. She told me to apply in January. Now I'm VERY sure that's quite late for a Sept 2010 intake, so I am planning to ignore their stupid advice and start applying now...

Planning to apply to U of Waterloo, U of T & McGill.
Regarding the Ontario Unis, their OUAC app is a BIT confusing. I hope someone can give me a lil' boost here. And mind any Malaysian students in Canada tell me whether did you employ the help of CEC or went straight to the Uni representatives at the Canadian edu fair? I know my friend's bf did that, but mostly the fairs are in January, which IMO again, VERY late especially since I will be having my A-levels exam in January.

Uni of Alberta is pretty renowned with its engineering course.
you should try getting into top unis first, finance comes second.